Energy Weapon & Armory Overhaul

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+# Mish's Laser & Armory Overhaul: Tea Revisionist Edition
+
+| Designers   | Implemented | GitHub Links |
+|-------------|---|---|
+| Miiish      | :x: No | TBD |
+| Tea         | :x: No | TBD |
+| ThatOneMoon | :x: No | TBD |
+## Overview
+
+Original document: https://docs.funkystation.org/design-proposals/lasers.html
+
+This document outlines the potential next step forward for the laser armory, revising and expanding on parts of the
+document to bring it up to date with Funky's current design philosophies while maintaining the original vision.
+
+## Background
+
+Ballistic weaponry from an in-universe common-sense/immersion perspective is not ideal when bullets can break windows
+or station equipment, potentially killing crew and affecting productivity. The exception to this rule are Fusion weapons,
+which inherently are designed to be the more aggressive option and used by security most of all rather than the crew at
+large.
+
+The purpose of this document is to unify NanoTrasen's standard weaponry in a more cohesive way, focusing on 
+defensive, sensible options for suppressing large crowds of people and maintaining defensive formations with some
+lower accessibility options for aggression and apprehension.
+
+Ballistics will now also become the primary killing tools of the Syndicate (design document for them coming soon),
+and these changes work to differentiate NanoTrasen-brand killing tools and the Syndicate's (from the perspective
+of NanoTrasen and the crew at large: "good" versus "bad"). You can no longer blame the bullet casings in maintenance
+on a trigger-happy cadet.
+
+## Features to be added
+
+This section will go over the revised armory in its entirety, detailing the workings and intention behind each addition.
+
+### Defensive emplacements
+
+1. The ACE-79 Cable-fed Laser Rifle Emplacements. 
+    This is NanoTrasen's premier anti-crowd emplacement, featuring a large one-tile recharger which contains
+    two laser rifles. ![container.png](container.png)
+    Removing a rifle from the container and inserting an ID with security access
+    allows you to shoot it at a consistent rate for sustained
+    fire over long periods of time. The caveat: the rifles are cable-fed, and only recharge when the sink is attached
+    to a sufficient power source. ![rifles.png](rifles.png)
+    It will have a long do-after both to wrench and unwrench, requiring planning and strategic placement. 
+    Also, it can and will explode when it has taken sufficient damage.
+
+2. Defensive barricade emplacements - Glass, Solid & Gate. These are placeable barricade items, 
+   similar to the inflatable walls. There are three versions: Glass: features a bullet-proof 
+    glass pane for laser rifle fire atop a standard waist-height barricade. The glass will break under a spray of
+    bullet fire, and needs to be replaced manually when fully broken. Solid: A waist-height barricade that can be vaulted
+    over. Acts as a buffer to large crowds trying to rush into the protected area. Gate: Similar to the standard barricade,
+    except it can be open and closed by individuals with security access.
+
+    All barricades will be quick to deploy, but have a lengthy do-after to unwrench and will have similar structural 
+    strength to airlocks.
+
+### Standard Ranged Weaponry
+
+1. **Roundstart sidearm** RG-2 Energy Pistol. The standard security sidearm, as implemented in Forky currently. If it still proves to be
+    a toy gun, consider buffing the damage to 20 with a capacity of 12.
+
+2. RG-14 Energy Rifle. The stock standard energy rifle of choice. Consistent, reliable and cheap. Comes with a single fire mode
+   , energy bolts with a damage of 20 and capacity of 15. Still needs to be recharged.
+
+3. P-25 ~~Phoron~~ Fusion Pistol & Canister Belt. The premier one-handed option for officers who prefer to have a hand free. 
+    Comes with a belt with a holster, which functions similarly to the Backpack Water Tank & Spray Nozzle. 
+   Otherwise, functions as implemented on Funky with the exception of a longer firing delay between bursts. The intent
+   is for this to be security's aggressive option for raids and pushing, but with a limited lifetime and supply.
+
+4. **Drozd Replacement** P-106 ~~Phoron~~ Fusion Rifle & Canister Backpack. The premier wieldable option. Functions similarly to the pistol, with the
+    canister instead being a higher-capacity backpack with a holster. This is to account for the increased capacity and output of
+    a rifle. Otherwise, functions as implemented on Funky with the exception of a longer firing delay between bursts.
+
+### Standard Melee Weaponry
+
+1. **Roundstart** Nightstick. Ol' huckleberry. Security's standard less-than-lethal weapon to deal with all kinds of 
+    degenerates, reprobates or people you generally find disagreeable, as implemented in Funky currently.
+
+2. Shock Stick. A stick with some added shock damage, split in the middle between blunt and shock. Can be wielded for
+   some extra heft behind each swing, but requires a battery to function. Available through the riot control research.
+
+### Specialist weapons 
+
+1. Kammerer Riot Shotgun. Security's one and only ballistic option, implemented as it currently is. Standard ammo is beanbag ammunition,
+    which will leave people concussed or in critical condition. Other ammunition options still available, such as the lethal ammunition
+    and incendiary ammunition.
+
+2.  Energy Sword/Saber. Security's new definitely-lethal melee weapon, commissioned to higher ranking officers.
+    As implemented currently, with the addition of requiring specialized batteries to use. 
+    Great for opening strategic holes, and is therefore the premier breaching tool.
+
+3. **Lecter Replacement** X-88 Xray Lance. Dedicated long range/sniper weapon. Does a mixture of 12 heat/12 radiation damage, fires at
+    the same rate as the energy rifle, with a capacity of 10 shots. Additionally, comes with a scope and is hitscan. Needs to be recharged.
+    This weapon must be wielded to use, and slows the wielder down.
+
+4. X-45 Energy Cannon. Security's premier heavy ordinance. Requires a specialized battery to use, which requires a lengthy do-after
+    to insert into the firing port. Then, once ready, it can fire a single localized explosive fireball. This explosion does similar damage
+    as a makeshift firebomb and is not designed to obliterate structures, but rather to instill fear into large crowds of people.
+    This weapon must be wielded to use, and slows the wielder down.
+
+
+### Visual, Flavour & Sound changes
+
+Every single weapon will come with unique Funky sprites, projectiles and sounds in an attempt to make them feel more 
+visceral and impactful.
+Additionally, being hit by lasers & chemical weapons will have a chance to make people scream in pain. 
+Turns out getting hit by a localized third/fourth-degree burn/chemical burn hurts quite a lot.
+
+### Armory (Mapping)
+
+- 1 ACE-79 Emplacement.
+- 3 Energy Rifles.
+- 1 Barricade emplacement Crate (containing a stack of solid barricades, half a stack of glass and 5 gate)
+- 2 Fusion Pistols holstered in the belt
+- 2 Fusion Rifles holstered in the backpack
+- 2 Riot safes, including riot suits, helmets, shields and 2 kammerers with spare beanbag ammunition boxes
+- 1 Xray Lance
+- 1 Energy cannon
+- Secfab
+
+### Cargo
+
+- The removal of the WT-550 SMG crate from Cargo, effectively deprecating the WT-550
+- Replace the Enforcer crate with the Kammerer crate, which contains 2 kammerers.
+- Replace the SMG & Pistols crates with the Fusion Weapons crate, which contains 1 Fusion Rifle & 1 Pistol, each holstered.
+- Addition of the Xray Lance crate, which contains 1 Xray Lance.
+- Addition of the ACE-79 Emplacement storage box, which contains a single ACE-79 Emplacement unit.
+
+### Technical / Misc Tweaks
+
+- A unified base laser projectile, as well as a unified base hitscan projectile.
+- Reviewing and testing various laser weapon damage to make it feel worthwhile and impactful to use.
+- Reduce the reflective vest's deflect change from 100% to 33%
+
+### Possible (Future) Tweaks and Concerns
+
+- Certain antag's heat & caustic resistances, most probably Nukeops and Dragons, will likely need to be tweaked down a significant margin.
+- Reviewing how effective general cure & ointments are to deal with caustic damage.
+
+## Game Design Rationale
+
+### Maintaining Authenticity
+
+Energy weaponry is a staple of sci-fi, and especially retrofuturistic, media. This documents solidifies its place and 
+purpose within the game's universe, as well as making the appropriate visual & auditory changes to the weapons to make
+them feel more viscerally impactful. Examples being the radiation damage causing vomiting and burns & caustic burns causing
+the affected character to scream, and possibly double over on occasion if the damage is severe enough.
+
+### Roundflow & Player Interaction
+
+This revised armory promotes team-play, by establishing clear intended behaviour for each weapon. An example: 
+The Lance is very deadly, but the slowdown makes it difficult to use without good positioning and cover from teammates.
+Furthermore, these changes largely gears security for crowd control through emplacements and crowd control tools such as
+the cannon. This moves security further away from antagonist-oriented design and instead designs an armoury intended to deal
+with riots and outright revolution, while still faring admirably against outside threats with coordinated play.
+
+Furthermore, specialized weapons are sparse and expensive. This means that selecting the correct weapons or emplacements
+becomes more important and gives security the chance to develop an armory around the threats they are facing in a given round,
+rather than the armory being overstocked to deal with any threat there may be.
+
+### Maximizing Roleplay Potential
+
+The revised weapons, in particular the specialist ones, are designed to be devastating with drawbacks that bring them in
+line and make them feel more tactile and intentional. The armory generally moving away from fully automatic weaponry further
+reinforces the idea of tactile and intentional gameplay and roleplay. 
+
+## Technical considerations
+
+All the following changes should be possible with .yml and mapping changes.
+
+# This is step 1 of a 3 step plan. Step 2 will focus on crew-oriented options, and step 3 will focus on the syndicate.